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[rlg94086]

More a different sense of humour - my response was a joke though opaque to Americans, it would seem.

Not opaque…just boring. :yawn:

 

[Kaninchen]

Not opaque…just boring. :yawn:

It is rather funny that you should say that because I’ve had you on ignore for simply ages but, for some reason, thought that your post (303) was possibly some kind of response so I read it.

I expect that we both agree that ignoring one another is a simply capital idea.

 

[rlg94086]

It is rather funny that you should say that because I’ve had you on ignore for simply ages but, for some reason, thought that your post (303) was possibly some kind of response so I read it.

I expect that we both agree that ignoring one another is a simply capital idea.

Whatever floats your boat.

I don’t have anyone on ignore. That said, if I cause you distress, by all means ignore me. I don’t wish you any ill will. I just find your defensiveness towards Americans very entertaining. It is much more defensive than most of my European friends and co-workers. Were you abused by an American in your youth?

 

[ishii]

I was playing with ideas in response to something said but you probably do need to have grown up with ‘The Far Pavilions’, ‘A Passage To India’ or, even, ‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’ to see the pictures.

I was imagining rlg94086 as, perhaps, a character from Downton Abbey transported to, say, a ‘hill station’ like Simla (from where the ‘Raj’ - the British Empire in India - was run when Delhi got just too hot), the ‘Memsahib’ would be his wife, of course, with him as the ‘Sahib’. They would be ‘taking tiffin’ (a light meal) out on the porch and rlg94086 would have been commentating on the silly notions held by the natives.

If you have to explain your humor…

Look we Americans are a simple folk - growin up on the frontier and all an’ not havin’ the proper schoolin’ an all… We don’t have the most sophisticated sense of humor y’see so we maaht not not unnerstand yer opaque humor. Now if you’ll scuse me gotta git back t’ work. Hope y’all don’t put me on yer ‘gnore list as a like readin’ everone’s posts when’s I can sound out the words all proper.

 

[estesbob]

If you have to explain your humor…

Look we Americans are a simple folk - growin up on the frontier and all an’ not havin’ the proper schoolin’ an all… We don’t have the most sophisticated sense of humor y’see so we maaht not not unnerstand yer opaque humor. Now if you’ll scuse me gotta git back t’ work. Hope y’all don’t put me on yer ‘gnore list as a like readin’ everone’s posts when’s I can sound out the words all proper.

It’s hard have a since of humorwhen you have to get up in the morning and keep an eye out for Injuns while you go to the outhouse

 

[ringil]

I was playing with ideas in response to something said but you probably do need to have grown up with ‘The Far Pavilions’, ‘A Passage To India’ or, even, ‘It Ain’t Half Hot Mum’ to see the pictures.

I was imagining rlg94086 as, perhaps, a character from Downton Abbey transported to, say, a ‘hill station’ like Simla (from where the ‘Raj’ - the British Empire in India - was run when Delhi got just too hot), the ‘Memsahib’ would be his wife, of course, with him as the ‘Sahib’. They would be ‘taking tiffin’ (a light meal) out on the porch and rlg94086 would have been commentating on the silly notions held by the natives.

Oooohh.

My wife watches Downton Abbey. It has gotten pretty big over here. Some in my family also like “Here Comes the Midwife”.

British and American humor is quite different. It’s an interesting subject really.

I liked Shaun of the Dead.

 

[rlg94086]

It’s hard have a since of humorwhen you have to get up in the morning and keep an eye out for Injuns while you go to the outhouse

 

[Kaninchen]

Oooohh.

My wife watches Downton Abbey. It has gotten pretty big over here. Some in my family also like “Here Comes the Midwife”.

British and American humor is quite different. It’s an interesting subject really.

I liked Shaun of the Dead.

Is there such a thing as British humour or American humor?

When I lived in the US I was struck by the fact that Americans were a very diverse people, just like everybody else. Particular groups or places may seem to be monocultures but that’s often just the noise of ‘me-too’ group dynamics.

I liked Shaun of the Dead a lot, as well.

 

[ringil]

Is there such a thing as British humour or American humor?

When I lived in the US I was struck by the fact that Americans were a very diverse people, just like everybody else. Particular groups or places may seem to be monocultures but that’s often just the noise of ‘me-too’ group dynamics.

I liked Shaun of the Dead a lot, as well.

I wasn’t meaning to be derisive- I just see a general thematic contrast between British and American humor.

I actually saw a British comedian talk about it- I’ll see if I can find it.

Here we are. I like his description. It’s Stephen Fry

youtube.com/watch?v=8k2AbqTBxao

 

[estesbob]

Is there such a thing as British humour or American humor?

When I lived in the US I was struck by the fact that Americans were a very diverse people, just like everybody else. Particular groups or places may seem to be monocultures but that’s often just the noise of ‘me-too’ group dynamics.

I liked Shaun of the Dead a lot, as well.

Yes-think Benny Hill

 

[rlg94086]

Yes-think Benny Hill

Not all Brits like or appreciate Benny Hill, just as many Americans don’t like or appreciate Jackass.

 

[rlg94086]

I wasn’t meaning to be derisive- I just see a general thematic contrast between British and American humor.

I actually saw a British comedian talk about it- I’ll see if I can find it.

Here we are. I like his description. It’s Stephen Fry

youtube.com/watch?v=8k2AbqTBxao

Thanks for sharing that. He presents an interesting case. It actually explains a lot.

 

[Kaninchen]

I wasn’t meaning to be derisive- I just see a general thematic contrast between British and American humor.

I actually saw a British comedian talk about it- I’ll see if I can find it.

Here we are. I like his description. It’s Stephen Fry

youtube.com/watch?v=8k2AbqTBxao

I shudder to disagree with His Ubiquitous Eminence but I’d suggest that it’s just a lot of well-loved clichés. Stephen Fry was, actually, the first to use the term ‘luvvie’ which describes the kind of self/mutually-absorbed, self/mutually-congratulatory world of actors/performers and, I’d suggest, he’s really talking about how British and American ‘luvvies’ like to view themselves.

Meanwhile, in the TV schedules, the clubs . . . . . it’s a large and varied market.

 

[ishii]

Yes-think Benny Hill

Or Dave Allen at Large. Or the sitcoms - compare “Man About the House” to “Three’s Company.” UK Office to the US version. (US is funnier, imo. But then, I’m an American.). My favorite: On the buses. Obviously not all British sitcoms or comedy shows are available so I probably have a pretty narrow, incomplete knowledge of British humour.

Ishii